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<FONT color="green">017</FONT>    package org.apache.commons.jxpath;<a name="line.17"></a>
<FONT color="green">018</FONT>    <a name="line.18"></a>
<FONT color="green">019</FONT>    import java.beans.PropertyDescriptor;<a name="line.19"></a>
<FONT color="green">020</FONT>    import java.io.Serializable;<a name="line.20"></a>
<FONT color="green">021</FONT>    <a name="line.21"></a>
<FONT color="green">022</FONT>    /**<a name="line.22"></a>
<FONT color="green">023</FONT>     * JXPathBeanInfo  is similar to {@link java.beans.BeanInfo} in that it describes<a name="line.23"></a>
<FONT color="green">024</FONT>     * properties of a JavaBean class.  By default, JXPathBeanInfo classes are<a name="line.24"></a>
<FONT color="green">025</FONT>     * automatically generated by {@link JXPathIntrospector JXPathIntrospector}<a name="line.25"></a>
<FONT color="green">026</FONT>     * based on the java.beans.BeanInfo. As with JavaBeans, the user can supply an<a name="line.26"></a>
<FONT color="green">027</FONT>     * alternative implementation of JXPathBeanInfo for a custom class.  The<a name="line.27"></a>
<FONT color="green">028</FONT>     * alternative implementation is located by class name, which is the same as the<a name="line.28"></a>
<FONT color="green">029</FONT>     * name of the class it represents with the suffix "XBeanInfo".  So, for<a name="line.29"></a>
<FONT color="green">030</FONT>     * example, if you need to provide an alternative JXPathBeanInfo class for class<a name="line.30"></a>
<FONT color="green">031</FONT>     * "com.foo.Bar", write a class "com.foo.BarXBeanInfo" and make it implement the<a name="line.31"></a>
<FONT color="green">032</FONT>     * JXPathBeanInfo interface.<a name="line.32"></a>
<FONT color="green">033</FONT>     *<a name="line.33"></a>
<FONT color="green">034</FONT>     * @author Dmitri Plotnikov<a name="line.34"></a>
<FONT color="green">035</FONT>     * @version $Revision: 668329 $ $Date: 2008-06-16 16:59:48 -0500 (Mon, 16 Jun 2008) $<a name="line.35"></a>
<FONT color="green">036</FONT>     */<a name="line.36"></a>
<FONT color="green">037</FONT>    public interface JXPathBeanInfo extends Serializable {<a name="line.37"></a>
<FONT color="green">038</FONT>    <a name="line.38"></a>
<FONT color="green">039</FONT>        /**<a name="line.39"></a>
<FONT color="green">040</FONT>         * Returns true if objects of this class are treated as atomic<a name="line.40"></a>
<FONT color="green">041</FONT>         * objects which have no properties of their own.<a name="line.41"></a>
<FONT color="green">042</FONT>         * For example, {@link String} and {@link Number} are atomic.<a name="line.42"></a>
<FONT color="green">043</FONT>         * @return boolean<a name="line.43"></a>
<FONT color="green">044</FONT>         */<a name="line.44"></a>
<FONT color="green">045</FONT>        boolean isAtomic();<a name="line.45"></a>
<FONT color="green">046</FONT>    <a name="line.46"></a>
<FONT color="green">047</FONT>        /**<a name="line.47"></a>
<FONT color="green">048</FONT>         * Returns true if the objects of this class have dynamic properties<a name="line.48"></a>
<FONT color="green">049</FONT>         * (e.g. java.util.Map). If this method returns true, {@link #getPropertyDescriptors}<a name="line.49"></a>
<FONT color="green">050</FONT>         * should return null and {@link #getDynamicPropertyHandlerClass} should return<a name="line.50"></a>
<FONT color="green">051</FONT>         * a valid class name.  An object cannot have both static and dynamic<a name="line.51"></a>
<FONT color="green">052</FONT>         * properties at the same time.<a name="line.52"></a>
<FONT color="green">053</FONT>         * @return boolean<a name="line.53"></a>
<FONT color="green">054</FONT>         */<a name="line.54"></a>
<FONT color="green">055</FONT>        boolean isDynamic();<a name="line.55"></a>
<FONT color="green">056</FONT>    <a name="line.56"></a>
<FONT color="green">057</FONT>        /**<a name="line.57"></a>
<FONT color="green">058</FONT>         * Returns a list of property descriptors for the beans described by this<a name="line.58"></a>
<FONT color="green">059</FONT>         * bean info object.  Returns null for atomic beans.<a name="line.59"></a>
<FONT color="green">060</FONT>         * @return PropertyDescriptor[]<a name="line.60"></a>
<FONT color="green">061</FONT>         */<a name="line.61"></a>
<FONT color="green">062</FONT>        PropertyDescriptor[] getPropertyDescriptors();<a name="line.62"></a>
<FONT color="green">063</FONT>    <a name="line.63"></a>
<FONT color="green">064</FONT>        /**<a name="line.64"></a>
<FONT color="green">065</FONT>         * Returns a PropertyDescriptor for the specified name or null if there<a name="line.65"></a>
<FONT color="green">066</FONT>         * is no such property.<a name="line.66"></a>
<FONT color="green">067</FONT>         * @param propertyName property name<a name="line.67"></a>
<FONT color="green">068</FONT>         * @return PropertyDescriptor<a name="line.68"></a>
<FONT color="green">069</FONT>         */<a name="line.69"></a>
<FONT color="green">070</FONT>        PropertyDescriptor getPropertyDescriptor(String propertyName);<a name="line.70"></a>
<FONT color="green">071</FONT>    <a name="line.71"></a>
<FONT color="green">072</FONT>        /**<a name="line.72"></a>
<FONT color="green">073</FONT>         * For dynamic objects, returns the class implementing<a name="line.73"></a>
<FONT color="green">074</FONT>         * the {@link DynamicPropertyHandler} interface. That class can<a name="line.74"></a>
<FONT color="green">075</FONT>         * be used to access dynamic properties.<a name="line.75"></a>
<FONT color="green">076</FONT>         * @return Class<a name="line.76"></a>
<FONT color="green">077</FONT>         */<a name="line.77"></a>
<FONT color="green">078</FONT>        Class getDynamicPropertyHandlerClass();<a name="line.78"></a>
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